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mitt romney began by telling us, i believe in america. he's ending it by i believe in america. barack obama says i represent change. and don't go back to where we were. romney is sort of the candidate of restoration and obama is the candidate of continuation. but i, you know, i don't-- there is no defining event, i guess, or statement that i'm looking for in the last couple of days. >> woodruff: what are you hearing? >>. >> i thought mitt romney gave maybe the best speech of his campaign today, sort of a little late it was in wisconsin, a number of people said it was a speech he should have given at the convention. it was more eloquent. it was not an original, new argue. but it was a more eloquent, more beautifully phrased speech of why do you think the next four days-- years will be different than the last four. things about business, the pta doesn't have a union you about president obama will really step short on education reform because he answers to his political supporters it was familiar arguments but phrased more beautifully. will it swing votes at this late date, sort o
mitt romney began by telling us, i believe in america. he's ending it by i believe in america. barack obama says i represent change. and don't go back to where we were. romney is sort of the candidate of restoration and obama is the candidate of continuation. but i, you know, i don't-- there is no defining event, i guess, or statement that i'm looking for in the last couple of days. >> woodruff: what are you hearing? >>. >> i thought mitt romney gave maybe the best speech of...
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. >> we are america's women. >> woodruff: and american future fund, a super pac supporting romney is running ads targeting women in michigan and pennsylvania, states considered safely democratic. as you can see on the "newshour's" vote 2012 map center" there are seven states currently considered by the associated press to be true toss ups: nevada, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia, florida and new hampshire. it shows each candidate's quickest potential path to 270 electoral votes. including one scenario giving president obama a path to victory, winning nevada and ohio, to get to 277 electoral votes. for mitt romney the path could also lead through ohio, and blanketing the south, to get to 281 in a different scenario. and there are also several potentials for a tie. this one shows the president losing nevada but winning ohio, to get to 269 for both candidates. and late today, the "newshour" got word that romney will make a last-minute stop in pennsylvania over the weekend. we explore the race and the states in play with jonathan martin of politico and margaret talev of bloomberg news. we
. >> we are america's women. >> woodruff: and american future fund, a super pac supporting romney is running ads targeting women in michigan and pennsylvania, states considered safely democratic. as you can see on the "newshour's" vote 2012 map center" there are seven states currently considered by the associated press to be true toss ups: nevada, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia, florida and new hampshire. it shows each candidate's quickest potential path to 270...
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in the 1800 alexis de tocqueville said in america every dispute ends up a lawsuit. we've seen that over and over again the way we run elections in this country in a somewhat slap dash and easily manipulated way where partisan politicians often control the mechanics of voting. >> brown: kurt anderson, you've been looking into this too. what other siendz of things that have you seen that is potentially happening that lawyers are watching >> there's a big issue with regard t the poll watchers and monitors. a group connected to the tea party based in houston has promising to bring thousands of monitors to various places to essentially what they say make sure that the vote goes correctly and the people who are eligible to vote do vote. >> brown: against voter fraud yes. however, there's a lot of people on the side of sort of the voting rights, civil rights side of things who say that these poll watchers will be deployed in minority neighborhoods and places where historically there's been issues with voters being intimidated or harassed or in some way perhaps not get to g
in the 1800 alexis de tocqueville said in america every dispute ends up a lawsuit. we've seen that over and over again the way we run elections in this country in a somewhat slap dash and easily manipulated way where partisan politicians often control the mechanics of voting. >> brown: kurt anderson, you've been looking into this too. what other siendz of things that have you seen that is potentially happening that lawyers are watching >> there's a big issue with regard t the poll...
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>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is abc world news america, reporting from washington. washington. i'm
>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is abc world news america, reporting from washington. washington. i'm
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. >> suarez: when people talk about the changing face-off america, you see it more in the 18-29s than any of the other age? >> absolutely. this generation, 42% of voters in 18-29 were nonwhite, 58% were white. that is far different from the folks 30% and older. those nonwhite voters continue to back democrats very strongly as they have in previous elections and they make up an enormous part of this age group, and that was a big factor for obama. >> suarez: so in your analysis, are there states where this vote clearly made the difference? >> in a close state almost any vote can make a difference, but there's no question keeping that youth vote was yackal to obama in four states, ohio, florida, virginia, and pennsylvania. obama lost by a slim margin among the voters 30 and older. he would not have carried those states. but for the strong support, 60% or more among younger voters in those states. and i think even more importantly, he had the turnout among young voters and he didn't even lose in the margin in some of those key states, in virginia, ohio, and florida he won by the same marg
. >> suarez: when people talk about the changing face-off america, you see it more in the 18-29s than any of the other age? >> absolutely. this generation, 42% of voters in 18-29 were nonwhite, 58% were white. that is far different from the folks 30% and older. those nonwhite voters continue to back democrats very strongly as they have in previous elections and they make up an enormous part of this age group, and that was a big factor for obama. >> suarez: so in your analysis,...
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if you could get everybody in america to pay you one penny a day. at the end of the year you'd have $1.1 billion. if you can get a dime you're going to have $11 billion at the end of the year. if you can get a dollar you can have over $100 billion. >> reporter: this is finally how we're going to be able to support the "newshour," we'll get each of you to send a penny and... >> but that's the trick, you've got figure out how to get everybody to give you that penny and the best way to do it is if you're already billing them, you find ways to stick in all these extra little charges. >> reporter: it didn't always used to be this way. here, for example is a scranton, pennsylvania electric bill from 1937, back when public utilities were strictly regulated. >> it's a very simple bill, it's not even a full page of paper, and it has the account number, the dates that are covered, the meter reading, this person used three kilowatts per hour of electricity, and the price written down here at the bottom. >> reporter: today's bill, by contrast-- this one from ph
if you could get everybody in america to pay you one penny a day. at the end of the year you'd have $1.1 billion. if you can get a dime you're going to have $11 billion at the end of the year. if you can get a dollar you can have over $100 billion. >> reporter: this is finally how we're going to be able to support the "newshour," we'll get each of you to send a penny and... >> but that's the trick, you've got figure out how to get everybody to give you that penny and the...
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>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm laura trevelyan. the u.n. makes an historic vote the u.n. makes an historic vote to
>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm laura trevelyan. the u.n. makes an historic vote the u.n. makes an historic vote to
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. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1. i mean, i... i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. >> no. >> that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> warner: in washington, republicans portrayed the road trip as so much humbug, at a time, they said, when negotiations are going nowhere. >> there's a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. >> warner: house speaker john boehner said republicans remain willing to raise revenues, but not by raising tax rates. and he charged the white house isn't negotiating in good faith. >> the day after the election, i said the republican majority would accept new revenue as part of a balanced approach that includes real spending cuts and reforms. now, the white house took three weeks to respond with any kind of a proposal, and much to my disappointment, it wasn't a serious one. >> reporter: that proposal was presented by treasury secretary timothy geithner yesterday to congressional leaders. it was widely reported today that the w
. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1. i mean, i... i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. >> no. >> that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> warner: in washington, republicans portrayed the road trip as so much humbug, at a time, they said, when negotiations are going nowhere. >> there's a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves....
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. >> reporter: eric smith heads the america's division of swiss re. >> reinsurance is about all forms of risk, whether its health, or life, or your home, or your property, the math behind it works the most effectively if you can spread the risk around the globe in all sorts of different forms. >> reporter: insurance companies buy their own insurance-- reinsurance-- from huge firms like swiss re which, because of their size, can afford the fullest data, plug in into the most sophisticated risk models. and doing just that, swiss re actually warned us of an east coast storm like sandy in 2006. after hurricane katrina, swiss re's head of catastrophe perils, andy castaldi, worried aloud about warming seas and more violent storms in the gulf. but, he told me: >> i'm also concerned about the new york bay and long island would be inundated by a flood, due to a category 3 storm. a storm surge could completely flood the airport at jfk. 13 feet of sea water is not out of or to 17 feet is not out of the question. >> reporter: so the blue is sandy's storm surge. we interviewed castaldi again last
. >> reporter: eric smith heads the america's division of swiss re. >> reinsurance is about all forms of risk, whether its health, or life, or your home, or your property, the math behind it works the most effectively if you can spread the risk around the globe in all sorts of different forms. >> reporter: insurance companies buy their own insurance-- reinsurance-- from huge firms like swiss re which, because of their size, can afford the fullest data, plug in into the most...
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a lot of people came from latin america, cuba. so now it's a very different place than it was before. very much like virginia. >> michael, i'm very curious and richard as well about what mark just talked about. the republican party becoming a more antigovernment party over time. do you agree with that? >> virginia is a test case of that. governor bob mcdonnell who is a very popular governor nevertheless became associated very personally associated along with republicans in the state legislature with a whole host of proactive legislative measures designed to restrict abortion. and indeed all sorts of invasive procedures. it's really interesting for smaller government conservatives to embrace. and i think you're finding the sub urban vote around d.c. is affectd. but i also think there are a lot of folks who in 1976 would have voted republican who were drawn to moderate republicans but as moderate republicans have become increasingly scarce they're voting against what they see as a government in richmond that is anything but the embo
a lot of people came from latin america, cuba. so now it's a very different place than it was before. very much like virginia. >> michael, i'm very curious and richard as well about what mark just talked about. the republican party becoming a more antigovernment party over time. do you agree with that? >> virginia is a test case of that. governor bob mcdonnell who is a very popular governor nevertheless became associated very personally associated along with republicans in the state...
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it's really a time when america is going to have to ask, what are we as a country? >> reporter: meanwhile president obama finished his official campaigning last night with a rally in des moines, iowa. >> iowa, we're here tonight because we have more work to do. we're not done yet on this journey. we've got more road to travel. >> reporter: that road took the president home to chicago where he already had voted. today he met with volunteers at a campaign office and telephoned others across the country. >> i just wanted to call and say thank you. >> reporter: the president sounded an upbeat note ahead of tonight's results. >> we feel confident. we've got the votes to win. but it's going to depend ultimately on whether those votes turn out. so i would encourage everybody on all sides just to make sure that you exercise this precious right that we have and that people fought so hard for us to have. >> reporter: vice president biden joined the president in chicago after working in his own brief visit to cleveland. at one point, his official plane, air force 2, could be s
it's really a time when america is going to have to ask, what are we as a country? >> reporter: meanwhile president obama finished his official campaigning last night with a rally in des moines, iowa. >> iowa, we're here tonight because we have more work to do. we're not done yet on this journey. we've got more road to travel. >> reporter: that road took the president home to chicago where he already had voted. today he met with volunteers at a campaign office and telephoned...
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s >> this is america, not a third world nation. we need food, we need clothing. >> suarez: another fight was brewing over running the new york city marathon sunday morning beginning on staten island. new york city mayor michael bloomberg defended the decision. >> it doesn't use resources that can really make a difference in recovery and that sort of thing. it's a different group of people. we have to work around the clock for people to get through this thing, and i assure you we're doing that. if i thought it took any resources away from that we would, we would not do this. >> bloomberg reversed course and announced the marathon was canceled. further adding to the frustration of many, the power was still off for well over three million customers, many of them in new york and new jersey. this man lives in far rockaway, in queens. >> we are not sitting around here singing "kumbaya." this is really a dangerous, dangerous situation, and it's a real dangerous pla in the dark. >> suarez: the power company, consolidated edison, said it ho
s >> this is america, not a third world nation. we need food, we need clothing. >> suarez: another fight was brewing over running the new york city marathon sunday morning beginning on staten island. new york city mayor michael bloomberg defended the decision. >> it doesn't use resources that can really make a difference in recovery and that sort of thing. it's a different group of people. we have to work around the clock for people to get through this thing, and i assure you...
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america... (all) let's get healthy together! (cheering) ♪ >>> we have been telling you all day about the long lines at some polling sites and get this, we're hearing a polling spot in woodbridge, virginia, the line is so long folks could be waiting three hours just to cast their ballots. that location is potomac middle school. we have a news crew there to scoop the whole thing out. as we had mention, polls officially in virginia close at 7 p.m. but if you were in line by 7, you will get to vote. >>> now, no matter who we choose as our next president, he is likely to face a divided, polarized congress that still needs to tackle critical issues and they need to get it done by the end of 2012. anita brikman talked to our colleagues at usa today about how much this election can really usher in change. >> 60 minutes just did a piece on the inability of our elected leaders to get anything done because they are so divided. will things change depending on who becomes president? >> we will almost certainly continue to see a divided gov
america... (all) let's get healthy together! (cheering) ♪ >>> we have been telling you all day about the long lines at some polling sites and get this, we're hearing a polling spot in woodbridge, virginia, the line is so long folks could be waiting three hours just to cast their ballots. that location is potomac middle school. we have a news crew there to scoop the whole thing out. as we had mention, polls officially in virginia close at 7 p.m. but if you were in line by 7, you will...
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that is the plan that will get america moving in the right direction. >> i let you go over but you did not answer the question. we have to have a balanced approach for dealing with the budget. you cannot get balance through in balance. -- imbalance. george's approach is to close it as follows. make all the bush tax cut permanent, even for the wealthiest. now it is getting bigger. then, close the tax all through cuts. if you have to have that big a gap, you will cut deeply into priorities that matter. i have a different approach. let the books -- pushed tax cuts expire. -- bush tax cuts expire. if you do that, you start to close the deductions. i had to do that as governor. i am the only governor in modern times to leave office with a smaller general fund budget and when i started. george's budget went up 45% in four years. i know how to make cuts. an all-cuts approach as he proposes, he said not $1 of revenue for $10 of cuts, the all-cuts approach that starts with extending tax cut for the wealthiest would hurt our economy, heard our priorities, and hurt virginia. >> just to make it cl
that is the plan that will get america moving in the right direction. >> i let you go over but you did not answer the question. we have to have a balanced approach for dealing with the budget. you cannot get balance through in balance. -- imbalance. george's approach is to close it as follows. make all the bush tax cut permanent, even for the wealthiest. now it is getting bigger. then, close the tax all through cuts. if you have to have that big a gap, you will cut deeply into priorities...
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. >> suarez: marc, the help america vote act which perhaps brought some unwanted attention to florida and its voting woes was supposed to clear some of this up but it seems not to have changed all that much in the last decade. >> well, what changed is the technology. the help america vote act was done after the 2000 election debacle inlorid we used punch card ballots at the time. the advantage of punch cards ballots is you can vote them quickly and they can be tabulated quickly. after the state banned punch card ballot wes went to touch screen machines, almost like an ipad where you can vote, you punch your vote on the screen. but there was no paper trail. and then in an election in 2006, a congressional race, there were missing votes, it appeared, so the state scraped that high tech technology. then they went to this optical scan machine. these are like fill in the bank likkindf a scantron test sheet. those take longer to fill out and they take longer to count. so what's changed partly is the technology and now when you have big counties like miami-dade county, broward county, palm b
. >> suarez: marc, the help america vote act which perhaps brought some unwanted attention to florida and its voting woes was supposed to clear some of this up but it seems not to have changed all that much in the last decade. >> well, what changed is the technology. the help america vote act was done after the 2000 election debacle inlorid we used punch card ballots at the time. the advantage of punch cards ballots is you can vote them quickly and they can be tabulated quickly....
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democrats will say it's 12 billionaires somewhere in america shoving money over there there's no way to actually know unless someone admits it and thus far there hasn't been a lot of that. >> brown: they will say we're playing by the rules." >> absolutely. those are the rules. it's the law. they are allowed to do that until the law changes they are well within their legal rights to do it. >> brown: so where else? stay with the outside spending playing a big role. wre d youee that? >> one state where it's sort of reversed is in indiana where the democratic candidate has been getting more of a benefit. in that state joe donnelly has spent less of his own money on ads than the outside democratic groups so that's another big one. and virginia is huge and i've been told by people who watch these things closely, the people who watch who's up and who's down that it's made a significant difference in virginia the republican candidate george allen has been vastly outspent. i think he's spent about $3 million on ads. outside groups have spent about $14 million on ads and that has allowed him t
democrats will say it's 12 billionaires somewhere in america shoving money over there there's no way to actually know unless someone admits it and thus far there hasn't been a lot of that. >> brown: they will say we're playing by the rules." >> absolutely. those are the rules. it's the law. they are allowed to do that until the law changes they are well within their legal rights to do it. >> brown: so where else? stay with the outside spending playing a big role. wre d...
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. >> above all, i came here because of america's belief in human dignity. over the last several decades our two countries became strangers. but today i can tell you that we always remain hopeful about the people of this country. about you. you gave us hope and we bore witness to your courage. >> suarez: wherever they could, people watched the speech on television as the president pressed for more reform. he also urged an end to fighting between ethnic groups and buddhists and muslims in the north and west of the country. >> within these borders we've seen some of the world's longest-running insurgencies which have cost countless lives and torn families and communities apart and stood in the way of development. no process of reform will succeed without national reconciliation. ( applause ) >> suarez: during the president's six-hour stay, the government of myanmar announced new steps to try to calm the ethnic conflict. and we get two views of the presidential visit. priscilla clapp is a retired foreign service officer who headed the u.s. embassy in burma betw
. >> above all, i came here because of america's belief in human dignity. over the last several decades our two countries became strangers. but today i can tell you that we always remain hopeful about the people of this country. about you. you gave us hope and we bore witness to your courage. >> suarez: wherever they could, people watched the speech on television as the president pressed for more reform. he also urged an end to fighting between ethnic groups and buddhists and...
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about america. this election is over. but our principles endure. i believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to a new greatness. like so many of you, paul and i tavis: good evening. tavis: good evening.
about america. this election is over. but our principles endure. i believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to a new greatness. like so many of you, paul and i tavis: good evening. tavis: good evening.
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at kay, the number-one jewelry store in america. yes. ♪ every kiss begins with kay i need all the help i can get. i tell them, "come straight to the table." i say, "it's breakfast time, not playtime." "there's fruit, milk and i'm putting a little nutella on your whole-wheat toast." funny, that last part gets through. [ male announcer ] serving nutella is quick and easy. its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. okay, plates in the sink, grab your backpacks -- [ male announcer ] nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] >>> two bp employees and a former executive are free on bond this morning. robert kaluza, donald vidrine and david rainey
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the specialization of sports and youth in america. clearly one of the most dangerous factors to sports participation because used to play three or four sports a year. today people play one. football suffers for that. nobody plays football four seasons a year. many people play will cross, soccer, swimming, et. cetera. that's a fundamental issue. add the specialization, which probably happened and probably happened a the the higher 15, 16, 17 is moving down. the second thing is football clearly would be effected more than any other sports by the recession. it's a costly sport. the numbers reflect all sports that cost a lot for certain segment of the lower income population suffer. and the third issue is the idea that middle school sports, because of school sport budget being cut middle school sports are being cut. the gateway to football has been increase at high school when most it's starts to degrade people's interest specially in can getting the kids involved. finish with it's obvious that the con cushion issue is real and apparent o
the specialization of sports and youth in america. clearly one of the most dangerous factors to sports participation because used to play three or four sports a year. today people play one. football suffers for that. nobody plays football four seasons a year. many people play will cross, soccer, swimming, et. cetera. that's a fundamental issue. add the specialization, which probably happened and probably happened a the the higher 15, 16, 17 is moving down. the second thing is football clearly...
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the specialization of sports and youth in america. clearly one of the most dangerous factors to sports participation because used to play three or four sports a year. today people play one. football suffers for that. nobody plays football four seasons a year. many people play will cross, soccer, swimming, et. cet eswimming, etc.. that is a fundamental issue. that specialization which always happens, probably at 16, 17, now moving down. the second thing, football would clearly be more affected by recession. in the last five years, it is a costly support, the numbers reflect also fourth the cost a lot. there are certain segments of the lower income population that suffer. the third issue is the idea that middle school sports, because of school sports budgets being cut, middle school is also being cut. when that gave way to football, which has been increasing at high school while other sports to decrease, when coaches and others in the program and the role in society is taken away at the middle school level, it begins to degrade people's
the specialization of sports and youth in america. clearly one of the most dangerous factors to sports participation because used to play three or four sports a year. today people play one. football suffers for that. nobody plays football four seasons a year. many people play will cross, soccer, swimming, et. cet eswimming, etc.. that is a fundamental issue. that specialization which always happens, probably at 16, 17, now moving down. the second thing, football would clearly be more affected...
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it was short term, it was really a disaster for america. this agreement cuts the deficit by a trillion dollars, and it lays the groundwork for much more in the near future. we look forward to the work on the committee to make sure that millionaires and billionaires and corporate jet owners and people who have those yachts who get tax benefits, oil companies who get these huge tax subsidies, that that in the mix of thinking what goes on, that's what this select committee's going to be about. we need to do more for families. the number one job we have as a congress must be creating jobs for the american people. we, there are a number of things we're going to do. senator schumer's going to address that in a few minutes as to what jobs agenda we have. today we made sure america will pay its bills, now it's time to make sure that all americans can bay theirs. senator durbin? >> with this vote of 74-26, we have averted a crisis. america has avoided defaulting for the first time in our history on our national debt. the fears and concerns of americ
it was short term, it was really a disaster for america. this agreement cuts the deficit by a trillion dollars, and it lays the groundwork for much more in the near future. we look forward to the work on the committee to make sure that millionaires and billionaires and corporate jet owners and people who have those yachts who get tax benefits, oil companies who get these huge tax subsidies, that that in the mix of thinking what goes on, that's what this select committee's going to be about. we...